Actually, not wrong. You are wrong.
Crean was already a top 10 paid coach at Marquette.
http://www.paywizard.org/main/salary/vip-check/marchmadnesssuccessprediction
He took a pay increase to come to IU, which would have kept him in the top 10 since he was already there in the top 10.
His contract in 2008, confirms this.
http://www.insidethehall.com/2008/08/21/a-closer-look-at-tom-creans-10-year-deal/
It was later that additional extensions and dollars were added because the rebuild job was going to be more difficult than the university originally believed.
Sorry sir, but you are wrong. Again.
Of interesting note, for all those that bitch incessantly here about the Big Ten Tournament, the value (the incentive structure of the contract) IU puts on winning the BTT is much lower than the value for the Big Ten regular season. As it should be.